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re: #79 Obdicut
How much did News Corp donate to the Democratic Governor’s Association?
Why is this relevant? Frankly, I’d rather corporations donate to groups they’re philosophically aligned with rather than blatantly buying political favors.
From December’s deal announcement through August, contributions from Comcast’s political action committees to federal candidates and political parties amounted to $1.1 million, up from $682,450 in the same period two years earlier, Bloomberg said, citing Federal Election Commission data.
Ninety-one of the 99 House members and three of the five senators who wrote to the FCC in support of the big media deal received donations from Comcast in the current election cycle, sometimes within days of the letters to the FCC, Bloomberg said.
At least News Corps contributions weren’t such a transparent reward for political favors.
